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DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA - Wanted: 400,000 truck drivers
Can't find a job? Maybe it's time to take your search on the road
New York,NY,USA -CNNMoney, by Chris Isidore -June 9, 2010: ... The U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011, according to the state of logistics report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals... A number of factors will feed into this need for drivers, including retirements, tougher safety regulations designed to get drivers with bad records off the road and the need to replace drivers who were laid-off during the recession, according to the report. Overall the industry lost almost 150,000 driving jobs since the start of 2008... Rosalyn Wilson the author of the report sponsored by Penske Logistics, said that even with continued high unemployment, motor carriers are going to face a challenge finding drivers needed over the next year and half... The median pay for a trucker stood at $37,730 in May of 2009, and Wilson said that wage probably fell in the last year as miles driven were reduced. But more miles and the driver shortage are likely to increase wages in the years ahead, she said... But Rosalyn said, that broader demographic factors will make driver shortages an issue for years to come, regardless of the strength of the economy. About one in six are age 55 or above... (Video from YouTube, by CREnglandTrucking —8 Sept 2008: CR England's Premier Truck Driving School provides truck driver training to individuals seeking to be professional Class A CDL drivers. Our top notch staff will work with you to make you the safest driver on the road. All graduates are guaranteed a job upon completion of our program)
* Arizona - Demand is High for Qualified Truck Drivers
Phoenix,AZ,USA -My Fox Phoenix -16 Jun 2010: -- It may not be the most glamorous job out there, but the trucking industry is looking to hire hundreds of thousands of people... For men and women who find themselves out of work, the trucking business may be just what they need to get back into the workforce... Right now there is a huge demand for qualified and licensed drivers, and trucking schools in the valley are filling up with new students... The trucking industry needs to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year. The high demand is leading more people in Arizona to pursue a job on the road... Most students will have guaranteed jobs after 180 hours of instruction, split between the classroom and at the wheel of the 70-foot-long tractor-trailers... It costs between $3,500 and $5,000 to get a commercial driver's license there... In the next 15 years, the trucking industry is estimated to need 1 million new drivers...Labels: drivers' schools, drivers' shortage
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